Hong Kong retail

Hong Kong retail

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Girls covered in body paint work during a promotion to encourage retail sales at a shopping centre in Hong Kong. According to statistics released by the government, the value of total retail sales in August 2009, provisionally estimated at 22.7 billion Hong Kong dollars, ($2.9 billion in U.S. currency) decreased by 0.2 percent when compared with a year earlier.

Girls covered in body paint work during a promotion to encourage retail sales at a shopping centre in Hong Kong. According to statistics released by the government, the value of total retail sales in August 2009, provisionally estimated at 22.7 billion Hong Kong dollars, ($2.9 billion in U.S. currency) decreased by 0.2 percent when compared with a year earlier. (Getty Images)

Girls covered in body paint work during a promotion to encourage retail sales at a shopping centre in Hong Kong. According to statistics released by the government, the value of total retail sales in August 2009, provisionally estimated at 22.7 billion Hong Kong dollars, ($2.9 billion in U.S. currency) decreased by 0.2 percent when compared with a year earlier.